Georgia 4.P.ST.2.c
The Standard
Draw from knowledge of how authors consider context and audience to determine which information and ideas to highlight, which text design is most accessible, which word choices and language structures are most effective, and which craft techniques are most impactful. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Situating Texts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students decide what information to include and emphasize for a specific audience and situation. They choose clear layouts, suitable words, sentence structures, and craft moves.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select facts, vocabulary, sentence patterns, and design features that fit a named audience and situation. They can explain why each choice will help that audience understand or respond.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think changing the audience only means changing a few words. They may add every fact they know, choose a layout for decoration, or use language that is too formal or too casual.
How to Assess It
- Give students three facts about school recycling and ask them to create a headline, opening sentence, and layout choice for a message to first graders.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs one fact sheet and two audience cards, then have them create different flyers for children and adults.
Ask students to explain how a writer should change a storm warning for families, scientists, and young children.
Play Audience Match by sorting sample headlines, details, images, and sentences under the audience each choice fits best.
Compare a restaurant menu, medicine label, and event poster, then identify how each design helps its intended reader.
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